"""
Copyright (C) 2010 Fredrique Samuels, fredriquesamuels@gmail.com 


This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

"""

import win32api,win32con,time
import subprocess

#================================================================

def start_process(app):
    """
    starts a given process and returns the
    process handle.
    """
    return subprocess.Popen(app, shell=False)

#================================================================

def kill_process(handle)
    """
    Kill a given process handle.
    """
    h =  win32api.OpenProcess( win32con.PROCESS_TERMINATE, 0, handle.pid )
    win32api.TerminateProcess( h, 0 )
    win32api.CloseHandle( h )


#================================================================
